Kirtland Temple
Kirtland Temple

Author: David J. Howlett

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 2014-05-30

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 0252096371

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The only temple completed by Mormonism's founder, Joseph Smith Jr., the Kirtland Temple in Kirtland, Ohio, receives 30,000 Mormon pilgrims every year. Though the site is sacred to all Mormons, the temple’s religious significance and the space itself are contested by rival Mormon dominations: its owner, the relatively liberal Community of Christ, and the larger Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. David J. Howlett sets the biography of Kirtland Temple against the backdrop of religious rivalry. The two sides have long contested the temple's ownership, purpose, and significance in both the courts and Mormon literature. Yet members of each denomination have occasionally cooperated to establish periods of co-worship, host joint tours, and create friendships. Howlett uses the temple to build a model for understanding what he calls parallel pilgrimage--the set of dynamics of disagreement and alliance by religious rivals at a shared sacred site. At the same time, he illuminates social and intellectual changes in the two main branches of Mormonism since the 1830s, providing a much-needed history of the lesser-known Community of Christ.

Mormon Women at the Crossroads
Mormon Women at the Crossroads

Author: Caroline Kline

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 2022-06-28

Total Pages: 335

ISBN-13: 0252053354

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Winner of the Mormon History Association Best International Book Award The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints continues to contend with longstanding tensions surrounding gender and race. Yet women of color in the United States and across the Global South adopt and adapt the faith to their contexts, many sharing the high level of satisfaction expressed by Latter-day Saints in general. Caroline Kline explores the ways Latter-day Saint women of color in Mexico, Botswana, and the United States navigate gender norms, but also how their moral priorities and actions challenge Western feminist assumptions. Kline analyzes these traditional religious women through non-oppressive connectedness, a worldview that blends elements of female empowerment and liberation with a broader focus on fostering positive and productive relationships in different realms. Even as members of a patriarchal institution, the women feel a sense of liberation that empowers them to work against oppression and against alienation from both God and other human beings. Vivid and groundbreaking, Mormon Women at the Crossroads merges interviews with theory to offer a rare discussion of Latter-day Saint women from a global perspective.

Revising Eternity
Revising Eternity

Author: Holly Welker

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 2022-05-10

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 0252053346

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Marriage’s central role in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints distinguishes the faith while simultaneously reflecting widespread American beliefs. But what does Latter-day Saint marriage mean for men? Holly Welker presents a collection of essays exploring this question. The essayists provide insight into challenges involving sexuality, physical and emotional illness, addiction, loss of faith, infidelity, sexual orientation, and other topics. Conversational and heartfelt, the writings reveal the varied experiences of Latter-day Saint marriage against the backdrop of a society transformed by everything from economic issues affecting marriage to evolving ideas about gender. An insightful exploration of the gap between human realities and engrained ideals, Revising Eternity sheds light on how Latter-day Saint men view and experience marriage today.

The William E. McLellin Papers, 1854-1880
The William E. McLellin Papers, 1854-1880

Author: William Earl McLellin

Publisher:

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 648

ISBN-13:

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McLellin wrote further: "I heard Joseph [Smith] tell his experience of his ordination and the organization of the church probably more than twenty times to persons who, near the rise of the church, wished to know and hear about it. I never heard of Moroni, John [the Baptist], or Peter, James, and John." McLellin believed that angels had visited Joseph Smith but not that human beings could become angels-a teaching not yet current in the 1830s-or that priesthood authority could be conveyed in that way.

The Early Temples of the Mormons
The Early Temples of the Mormons

Author: Laurel B. Andrew

Publisher: SUNY Press

Published: 1978-01-01

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 9780873953580

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This book is a study of the six temples which the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints constructed in the nineteenth century. Though sharing the characteristics of various revival styles, the buildings demonstrate a progressive modification of these styles so as to express the functions of the temples and to reflect the theology and politics of the Mormons. The four temples in Utah, designed by the church president Brigham Young and his builder-architects, symbolize the merging of spiritual and temporal concerns and, the author believes, were meant to play an instrumental role in the transformation of America into a millennial kingdom of God and a second Garden of Eden. Thus, the temples are studied within the specific context of Mormonism and the broader spectrum of American cultural history as well. The account begins in Ohio, where the believers in Joseph Smith's restored gospel erected a temple resembling the New England meetinghouse in form and use. It follows the Mormons to Nauvoo, Illinois, where the second temple was built in the 1840s. The author demonstrates how the developing theology and the introduction of secret rituals began to change the meaning and the architectural form of the temple, as the style and architectural symbols were incorporated on the exterior of the temple. From Illinois the Mormons moved to Utah, where four temples were built. The most important, at Salt Lake City, is discussed in detail. The author evaluates the contributions of Brigham Young to its design, illustrates and discusses the drawings of the architect, and offers an interpretation of the symbolism of the building. She also discusses the attempt of the Mormons to establish an independent "Kingdom of God" in preparation for the Second Coming of Christ, and relates the Salt Lake City temple and the other Utah buildings to this effort. Her conclusion is that the Salt Lake City temple was to have a civic as well as religious function as the governmental center of the Kingdom of God. The other three Utah temples were intended to extend the authority of the Mormon government throughout Utah.

Mormon Schisms Tour and Kirtland Temple
Mormon Schisms Tour and Kirtland Temple

Author: John Hamer

Publisher:

Published: 2018-01-30

Total Pages: 70

ISBN-13: 9781977041128

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In this fascinating conversation with Lach MacKay and John Hamer, we discuss many aspects of the Kirtland Temple, the Word of Wisdom, the LDS Succession Crisis, and the founding of several Mormon Schismatic groups such as the Hedrickites, Strangites, Cuterlites, Williamites, Josephites, Brighamites, Bickertonites, and a few others. Lachlan MacKay is an apostle from the Community of Christ in charge of Historic sites and Church History. John Hamer has served as pastor of the Toronto Congregation for Community of Christ until his calling as a Seventy in October 2017.MacKay will talk about the construction of the Kirtland Temple, temple rituals involving whiskey, other aspects of the Word of Wisdom that you probably haven't considered, and it's disputed ownership following the death of Joseph Smith. John will discuss Mormon leaders who broke with Brigham Young following the Succession crisis, including James Strang, Alpheus Cutler, Sidney Rigdon, William Bickerton, William Smith, Joseph Smith III, William Marks, and others who attempted to lead the Mormon Church. You're sure to learn a lot!

The Word of Wisdom
The Word of Wisdom

Author: Steven C. Harper

Publisher: Millennial PressInc

Published: 2008-01-01

Total Pages: 99

ISBN-13: 9781932597431

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This book authoritatively defines the Word of Wisdom as much more than a simple health code while answering questions about the circumstances that led to its revelation and providing explanations on how it answered both current questions in Joseph Smith's day, and critically important issues in ours. The author tackles the question of Joseph Smith's own adherence to the Word of Wisdom and vividly traces both the consistent and the changing ways it has been taught and applied throughout LDS history.

The Book of Jeraneck
The Book of Jeraneck

Author: Matthew Gill

Publisher: Upfront

Published: 2008-01-23

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13: 9781844264803

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This record is a compilation of the records of the People of Light. It is a history of the ancient people who once inhabited this land. It is compiled by the hand of Jeraneck a Prophet of God under the direction of God. It is written with the spirit of prophesy and revelation. It is compiled and given up to God to come forth in the latter days of the world before the coming of the Lord Almighty for the second time. It is sealed up and given unto God to come forth through the hands of his servant in the last days and through the power and will of God it will be translated by his servant for all the world to behold its testimony of the Lord God Almighty even the very Jesus that will be born of the virgin pure. This record is taken from the historical records of my people and I have compiled them onto twenty four sacred plates so that the world will know that we were worshipers of the Almighty God. Let no man condemn the words that are written upon this record for if there are faults or errors upon this record then they are of my making and not of Gods. For God is the Almighty One of Heaven and all things under him are perfect and pure.